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Charles White, Sr.

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With no real winter gear, there was a lot of frostbite among the troops in that bitter German winter. Charles White's unit was summoned to the Battle of the Bulge, but then sent back to France, where he was wounded by shrapnel and had an eyeball-to-eyeball shootout with Germans in the forest. (3:49)

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The unit started with 187 men and 6 officers. At the Siegfried Line, that number was reduced to 35, and Lt. Charles White again had to assume command when the company commander was hit. The exhausted men were ordered into yet another encounter when they started taking tank rounds. It was friendly fire and a most unusual order was given while they tried to get word to the Allied tanks that were firing. (6:06)

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It happened three times to Charles White. The young Lieutenant had to assume command when the company commander was wounded. One time, he used his position to get rid of an unpopular officer by transferring him out of the unit. When Germany surrendered, preparations were made to head to the Pacific. (6:06)

Charles Whitlock

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Mr. Whitlock describes his experience of being under fire from over a dozen Japanese zeros. (4:16)

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Mr. Whitlock discusses his first combat mission that included dropping bombs on a Japanese harbor. (4:56)

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Mr. Whitlock describes a tragedy caused by flying through an intense storm over Australia. (2:05)

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Mr. Whitlock discusses a successful recon mission in New Guinea. (2:40)

Charles Wollmer

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Charles sees his first dead body during the war, and to this day, he still remembers it vividly. (1:57)

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While in Germany, Charles is hit by an artillery round in the knee, forcing his evacuation to a Army field hospital, only to be mistaken as a German soldier. (4:19)

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Charles goes to a dance on his Army Post during December 1941, meeting the woman of his dreams. (1:36)